Autumn Walks & Exploring Transport!

Over the last couple of weeks the toddlers have been focused on autumn and also the book of the month ‘Room on the broom’.  Inside the toddlers really enjoyed exploring the sensory tray filled with items from the story, including wands, brooms, bows and a cauldron as well as rice and scoops for potion making. First to head over was Halle who pushed both of her hands into the coloured rice and wiggled her fingers with a great big smile. Sebastian picked up a scoop and filled it with rice, he lifted it over the cauldron and waved it back and forth saying “Shake shake!” making his friends laugh as it flew out in all directions. Sienna took some time to explore the whole tray picking each thing up and looking at it, she picked up a giant Pom Pom and rubbed it on her cheek, closing her eyes and smiling at the soft texture. Imogen used her scoop to collect and place rice in a line along the side of the tray, using a broom to sweep it back in afterwards. Tabitha was so happy when she found a hat that she put it straight onto her head while Finley collected all of the wands and started to wave them in the air he shouted “star”.

Outside, the toddlers had the opportunity go on a beautiful autumn afternoon walk. They decided to stop and sit in the grass and sing some songs; when asked what song they would like to sing Evelyn shouted “Row row!” and the children knew what to do, instantly getting into their own little pairs, holding hands and rocking back and forth. After hearing “If you see a crocodile don’t forget to scream!” the toddlers put their hands to their cheeks and let out a huge scream. All of a sudden they spotted a worm in the grass. Alice picked it up for the children to look at. Phoebe leaned in mesmerised, even reaching out a finger and almost touching it. Marlow came straight over to have a look sitting down next to his friends. Eliza let out a big “Wow!” then held out her hand, bravely and gently holding the worm for her friends to see. Leo was very intrigued but happy to observe from a distance, while Jenson couldn’t stop smiling while pointing at it. The toddlers put the worm back safely and finished their circle time in the sunshine.

Over the last couple of weeks, the under 2’s room has been exploring all things transport and took a sensory trip into space! There was a large range of activities for the children to explore a range of transport methods. After a track was laid out on the floor, the bikes were brought inside and the children had a chance to try to show off their skills! Emily very excitedly shouted ‘Bikes!’ and clapped her hands. Skandar was very keen to have a go, and very carefully tried to manoeuvre round the guidelines on the floor, whilst making lots of ‘hmm’ noises, and giggled happily when he received a round of applause at the end. The children showed off their artistic skills when painting using rollers, to create bright and colourful car tracks on the paper in front of them. Lyra decided she no longer wanted to use the rollers to paint and continued the activity using her hands, smearing paint all over the paper making her very own tyre tracks. 

Outside, the under two’s have been enjoying playing with the cars and the car mat, skilfully manoeuvring the cars around bends and roundabouts. Calvin shouted happily as he picked up all the different cars and began to inspect them, before rolling over and throwing them down into the garden. The children have also loved exploring the grounds on their walks the last couple of weeks and particularly enjoyed playing with the balls on the field. Henry decided he wanted to explore so began to crawl around the grass. After a little while of crawling, Henry no long thought this was the most effective way to move around, so laid himself down and began to roll around. He rolled and rolled until he could roll no more, so he sat up, looked around and found Emily and Theo rolling after him!